Tinkershrimp & Dutch

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Tinkershrimp & Dutch
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GenreChildren's animation
Created byGregor Stevenson
Chris Stack
Voices ofDarren Evans
John Boyega
Alex Lowe
Katia Kvinge
Sam Riley
Composer Nick McCarthy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time5 minutes
Production company Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network Nicktoons
Original release15 January (2016-01-15) 
12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

Tinkershrimp & Dutch is a British animated children's television series created by Gregor Stevenson and Chris Stack, which premiered on Nicktoons UK's on-demand and online services on 15 January 2016. [1] [2]

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Plot

A langoustine and slow loris (named Tinkershrimp and Dutch, respectively) work as bodyguards for a king.

Characters

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 5 [5] 15 January 2016 12 February 2016

Episodes

A single series consisting of five episodes has been announced. [6] The series premiered with the episode "Time to Be Polite" on 15 January 2016 and ended with the episode "Time to Be Cool" on 12 February 2016.

Series 1 (2016)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Time to Be Polite"Gregor Stevenson and Chris StackGregor Stevenson and Chris Stack15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)
Michael the Fowl hatches an evil plan to sabotage the National Politeness Championships, but will he succeed?
2"Time to Get a Job"Gregor Stevenson and Chris StackGregor Stevenson and Chris Stack22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Michael the Fowl prevents King Hunnybun from getting his King's licence so he needs a new job!
3"Time to Get Fit"Gregor Stevenson and Chris StackGregor Stevenson and Chris Stack29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)
King Hunnybun attempts to diet, but he soon gets sabotaged.
4"Time to Get Real"Gregor Stevenson and Chris StackGregor Stevenson and Chris Stack5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
King Hunnybun creates a robotic king because he's too lazy to do his job, but his plan soon backfires.
5"Time to Be Cool"Gregor Stevenson and Chris StackGregor Stevenson and Chris Stack12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
King Hunnybun gets invited to the 'Cool Kings Club', but is it all it's cracked up to be?

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